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Finally took an actual look at that new Tesla "Roadster" and holy shit that thing is ass

Really proud of Beverly Hills Unified School District teachers who are courageously standing up for integrity, inclusion, and good governance in the local school board race.

Support local journalism. Also, wanna see a dead body?

In 'Rendezvous with Rama', Arthur C. Clarke laid out some fictional history, and I remember thinking it was odd he felt like including a mention of African nations have a run of dominance in the World Cup in the 2030s. But it's 2026, and it looks like he may have been on to something. Well done.

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

he's counting on people not knowing what a doctor looks like because they don't have healthcare

The FY 2027 NASA budget request hides its science cuts by omitting mission names instead of explicitly zeroing them out. We did the work and found 54 missions cancelled in this proposal. This is another extinction-level event for NASA science. Full list: planetary.org/save-nasa-science

I'm actually impressed that this Twitter poll from 2020 was completely backwards.

A 3-year study published in Pediatrics examined newborns in Norway. It found a clear benefit for the baby when mom gets a COVID vaccination during pregnancy. n.pr/4uXOx6X

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

There's been a lot of debate within the Democratic establishment about what rhetoric to use via ICE. Well, an incumbent doesn't lose by 48 percentage points very often—and her vote on collaborating with ICE was the defining issue here.

She's like an old samurai whose great battles are behind her but every once in a while she kills a man with piece of paper just to prove a point

I am old enough to remember when 'no forever wars' was a reason people claimed they were voting for this guy, or at least refusing to vote for Harris.

This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see. His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert. Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.

I love seeing conversations between Angelinos just organically turn into a 'The Californians' sketch.

One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office. Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.

So the next step from democrats is: “it is illegal to do this without approvals and in 2029 we will hold all companies that take part criminally liable and seize all their assets to pay for restoration.”

“You are good to go.” Good to go?!?! This is what ICE tells a young woman they tossed out into dangerously freezing temperatures after four agonizing days in detention at Whipple. Today’s front page Strib report: www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...

Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Even before 2024 ICE was synonamous with separating kids from their parents and putting people in cages in “detention centres”. Claiming they only became awful recently is a take which requires a very short memory or a complete lack of awareness altogether.

Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)

I'm starting to get Musk fanboy responses here on bluesky. X must be abysmal if they're migrating.

If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it? [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

It's always exciting to know I'm going to have new hardware in the air soon, and this is a very cool bird. US Army accelerates Bell MV-75 tiltrotor delivery to end of 2026 | Flight Global share.google/2LggLwp49cHa...

bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers

I cannot stress enough that you should not do this.

Yeah sure, most oil co's wouldn't want Venezuela's oil assets, but there is one that very clearly does want a return on its investment, owned by a GOP megadonor, and it's been in the news. But turning off the comments makes it hard for people to tell you about it share.google/LId62Y475qn1...

I tried to reassure someone that the new buses his local transit agency were trialing weren't 'experimental'.

If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

Services don't lose money, they cost money.

If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.

Bari’s complaint was “there’s nothing new here” and while that’s untrue it’s also irrelevant “we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough

So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.

I remember hearing about this when it happened. The fake police parked their fake police car in the street during an abduction raid. This hero towed it, and the video of them helplessly chasing him is pretty great. So glad he was found not guilty. Justice was done. abc7.com/post/man-acc...

Watching BRAZIL (1985, dir. Terry Gilliam) really prepared me for authoritarian cultists being proud of their tacky plastic surgery

The dismantling of NCAR should be the trending story on Bluesky, not the fucking Oscars leaving ABC for YouTube.

I still can't wrap my brain around the Surgeon General for Trump 1.0 sounding like Paul Offit when it comes to vaccines and AOC with respect to universal health care.

Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead. Idk, just spitballing here.

I named my fists Mass and Acceleration because together they bring the force that will be acting on your body.

Remember a few weeks ago when Trump brought in a couple bulldozers and demolished about a third of the White House? That was weird.